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US 12,016,349 B2Granted
Hemp seed products and methods and systems for producing same
AssigneeVictory Foods, PBC
InventorsChad Wakeland-Rosen, Benjamin Raymond
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Abstract
Methods and systems for producing improved hemp seed products, such as proteins and oils are provided.
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A system for processing hemp seeds to recover at least one product, the system comprising:
- a sorter, adapted to separate the hulls and the hemp hearts to produce an isolated hemp heart fraction substantially free of hulls;
- a conditioner, adapted to condition the isolated hemp hearts to a pre-determined internal temperature and moisture content, resulting in conditioned hemp hearts, wherein the pre-determined internal temperature is at least 40° C.;
- a press, adapted to permit extraction of oil from the hemp hearts, resulting in a hemp hearts press cake;
- a diverter adapted to divert hemp heart press cake particles into a first output stream and a second output stream;
- a returner adapted to return the first output stream to the system between the conditioner and the press;
- wherein, upon operation of the system, at least one product having at least one value parameter is recovered, wherein the product is at least one of an improved hemp seed oil product and an improved hemp seed protein product.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an input of hemp seeds;
- a dehuller, adapted to dehull the hemp seeds, resulting in hulls and hemp hearts;
- a sorter, adapted to separate the hulls and the hemp hearts to produce an isolated hemp heart fraction that is substantially free of hulls and seed coat;
- a conditioner, adapted to condition the isolated hemp hearts to a pre-determined internal temperature and moisture content, wherein the pre-determined internal temperature is at least 40° C.;
- a press, adapted to permit extraction of oil from the hemp hearts, resulting in a hemp hearts press cake;
- a diverter adapted to divert hemp heart press cake particles into a first output stream and a second output stream;
- a returner adapted to return the first output stream to the system between the conditioner and the press.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.